Record-box.



Nb. 837,970. PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906. A. M. SEELEY.

RECORD BOX. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 1,1903.

ABNER SEELEY, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

RECORD-BOX.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed June 1, 1908. Serial No. 159,712.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABNER M. SEELEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Record-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to packing and storing vessels, and more particularly has reference to a box for'containing and holding the tubular records of phonographs.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a record-box of simple and durable construction in which the record may be safely stored or shipped without danger of injury to its delicate record-surface and which obviates, moreover, the disadvantage heretofore present in similar receptacles, which require that the record be surrounded by soft or yielding material within the box for protecting it against abrasion or damage.

My invention also involves other new and useful features, as set forth in the following description and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying one sheet of drawings, which form a part of this application, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the receptacle holding a record. Figs. 2 and 3 are plan views, respectively, of the top and bottom covers.

My improved box comprises a tubular body portion 1, of any desired cross-sectional shape, slightly longer than the phonographrecord. It may be formed of paper wound straight or spirally, as desired, and is preferably provided with a fixed and a removable closure for its ends, (respectively designated by 2 and 2'.) The closures or covers are formed from jute-board of similar resilient material, and their central portions are bent inwardly to form substantially conical projections, which serve the combined purposes of centering the record in the box and affording seats for the ends of the same, which are sufliciently resilient by reason of the inwardly-bent'portions of the covers to hold the record firmly in the center of the box without danger of displacement or injury from shock.

As indicated in the drawings, the covers are provided with theusual flanges 3 and 3, which fit snugly over the ends of the casing 1, but may obviously fit within the ends of the casing, if desired. The outermost annular portions 5 and 5 of the covers turn inwardly more or less abruptly from the edge of the casing and slope off into less-inclined annular surfaces or bosses, (designated generally by 6 and 6,) and the latter constitute the end seats for the ends of the record. The next succeeding annular portions of the covers (indicated generally by 7 and 7) project inwardly from the seating-surfaces a suitable distance to serve as centering and supporting means protruding into the interior of the record. On the bottom cover 2, which is the one permanently secured to the casing, an ad.- ditional central rojection or boss 8 is formed and provides a ase to which a central support 4 may be fastened, as indicated, the support being of less length than the record, so that the latter may be readily removed without grasping its exterior.

The internal diameters of phonographrecords are usually greater at one end, and for this reason the centering portion 7 is preferably thickened or made slightly larger than the corresponding portion 7 record is removed from the drum of the phonograph, it 'is usually held by the end of smallest diameter and placed in the receptacle with the large end down, which is at once centered by the boss 7. As the removable cover is put in place the smaller end of the When therecord is correspondingly centered by means of the boss 7 and when the cover is pressed home the record becomes firmly seated and held in the middle of the box between the seating-surfaces or their adjacent centering portions. The bends 6 and 6 must obvi ously have sufficient extent inwardly to be able to yield slightly when they encounter the record, and thereby give the cushioning eifect referred to. The removable cover must obviously fit snugly upon the casing in order to prevent the pressure against the rec- 0rd from dislodging it, and for this purpose the bayonet lock-joint shown in Fig. 1 may be provided to hold the cover firmly in positiOIl.

i It will be observed that the diameter of the tubular support 4 is sufficient to prevent accidental contact of the record with the walls of the box during insertion but the box may be made without it, if desired, in which case the boss 8 will not be required. Considerable care, however, will be necessary in inserting records, and for this reason I prefer the box, as shown in the drawings. The

support is preferably attached to the cover l bination with a tubular-support secured to by gluing, but of course may be secured in other ways without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to protect by United States Letters Patent, is

1. A box for containing a tubular body, comprised of a tubular casing, a fixed and a removable closure for the ends thereof, a centering-boss struck up on the removable closure adapted to protrude into said body, in combination with the annular portion of said closure surrounding the boss bent inwardly to form a resilient seating-surface adapted to bear against the end of said body, and a support for the tubular body centrally mounted on the fixed closure within the box.

2. A box for containing a tubular body, comprised of a tubular casing and sheetma terial closures for the ends thereof, the central portions of said closures being struck up to form inward projections, extending within the box a sufiicient distance to bear resiliently against the ends of said body, in comone of said projections within the box.

3. A box for containing a tubular phonograph-record, comprising a tubular casing, a sheet-material cover for the end thereof provided with an inwardly-extending portion or boss and a tubular support surrounding and secured to said portion within the box.

4. A box for containing a tubular phonograph-record, comprising a tubular casing, a

bottom closure for said casing comprising a central boss and a tubular support secured thereto, an inwardly-projecting boss concentric with said central boss for engaging with one end of the record, a top closure for said casing, comprising a central boss and a seating-boss concentric thereto adapted to engage with the other end of the record.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to the specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ABNER M. SEELEY.

.VVitnesses:

OSCAR W. JEFFERY, H. G. KIMBALL. 

